Sindh Police on Monday arrested former prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law captain Safdar from his hotel room in Karachi.
The arrest comes in response to a case filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf local MPAs against Maryam Nawaz, Captain (retd) Safdar and other PML-N leaders for violating the sanctity of the Quaid's mausoleum.
Maryam Nawaz shared a video on her Twitter account claiming that the police had forcefully entered her hotel room and arrested her husband.
“Police broke my room door at the hotel I was staying at in Karachi and arrested Capt. Safdar,” she tweeted.
Meanwhile, PTI Sindh MPA Khurram Sher Zaman shared on his social media account that after 10 hours of the PML-N leaders’ visit to the Quaid’s mausoleum the police had registered a case against them.
Local PML-N leader Malik Altaf alleged that PML-N leaders were manhandled by the police and they were not allowed to meet Capt (retd) Safdar.
PML-N senior leader and spokesperson for Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz claimed that Sindh Police arrested Captain (retd) Safdar Awan under duress.
“All the drama was created to put blame on PPP government,” Zubair claimed. “Sindh Chief Minister [Murad Ali Shah] has confirmed that immense pressure was put on the police.”
Zubair added that police are scared that they had closed the doors of the police station and not even allowing the lawyers to go in.
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